Tessuti re-released their Romy top with a dress variation, and I saw it in a new light. I am not normally a square neckline person so I never considered making it, but I thought I’d give it a go with some leftover white linen from my stash.
I have found my new favorite neckline!! It’s so flattering, I love it. As drafted, this top is a bit long. The pattern calls for interfacing the lining, but this stiff linen did not need it. Somewhere on the internet, I saw someone’s take about avoiding fusible interfacing because its… plastic. Not a great way to stay cool! Nevertheless, its a nice top!
Immediately after finishing the first one, I made another with some linen gingham scraps. Because I had so little left, I lined it with some sage green Spectrum cotton from Purl Soho (oh no they stopped making it!!! Sad!). I cropped it by 4″ (per Tessuti’s blog post) and didn’t interface the lining. I decided to go down a size since my v1 was pretty roomy. With all these mods, its truly the perfect summer top!
I thought the deep facing might be a bit annoying, but it serves as the perfect modesty layer, as well as a place to catch sweat without anyone else knowing about it.
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